Director Public Sector Sales

The Director of Public Sector Sales is responsible for building, managing and leading the Public Sector sales teams by overseeing sales, operations and strategies for new and existing customers of GitLab.

The right candidate will play a critical role in the creation and execution of a Public Sector Sales Program (Team, Strategy, Systems & Process) to maximize the adoption of GitLab within the Public Sector market.

Responsibilities

Drives, manages and executes the business and revenue of the public sector sales team; develops, coaches and trains sales staff

Analyzes regional market dynamics in an effort to maximize existing successes and to create new sales growth opportunities

Establishes and reports on metrics to measure team performance; correct deficiencies where necessary

Supports quotation and proposal efforts to partners, prospects and customers

Ensures that the public sector sales plan is aligned with and supports the corporate revenue goal

Recruits, hires and trains staff members; fosters a successful and positive team environment

Requirements

At least five 5 years of sales management, selling software or hardware through a two tiered channel eco system including distribution, corporate resellers, and value added resellers (VARS) into Federal government

At least 10 years of experience selling software or hardware through a two tiered channel eco system including distribution, corporate resellers, and value added resellers (VARS) into Federal government

Must be a high performing sales manager with a proven track record of consistently exceeding established measurements for goals and objectives into Fed

Must be a skilled motivator with demonstrated ability to coach and develop sales staff to exceed targeted sales objectives and deliver high quality service to customers

Must have a proven ability to manage both direct and indirect employees in a matrix organization

Preferred candidates will have experience in business-to-business selling and managing using a consultative sales approach, and will have strong demonstrated partnering and closing skills

Must have expertise around GSA, Federal procurement and the various buying vehicles to enable growth in software sales via our distribution partners

Knowledge of open source enterprise software and/or version control is highly desirable

Experience with partner recruitment, enablement and on going support

Exceptional knowledge of Federal infrastructure and agencies

Have history of working with and driving revenue within NSF, DOE Labs, DoD and Intel

A security clearance is a plus

Hiring Process

Candidates for this position can expect the hiring process to follow the order below. Please keep in mind that candidates can be declined from the position at any stage of the process. To learn more about someone who may be conducting the interview, find her/his job title on our team page.

Qualified candidates receive a short questionnaire from our Global Recruiters

Selected candidates will be invited to schedule a screening call with our Global Recruiters

Next, candidates will be invited to schedule a first interview with our CRO

Candidates will then be invited to schedule a second interview with our CRO

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Please note that if we are actively hiring for a position, you will see it listed on our jobs page, where all of our current openings are advertised. To apply, please click on the name of the role you are interested in, which will take you to our applicant tracking system (ATS), Lever.

Avoid the confidence gap; you do not have to match all the listed requirements exactly to apply. Our hiring process is described in more detail in our hiring handbook.

About GitLab

GitLab Inc. is a company based on the GitLab open-source project. GitLab is a community project to which over 1,000 people worldwide have contributed. We are an active participant in this community, trying to serve its needs and lead by example. We have one vision: everyone can contribute to all digital content, and our mission is to change all creative work from read-only to read-write so that everyone can contribute.

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Work with helpful, kind, motivated, and talented people.

Work remote so you have no commute and are free to travel and move.

Have flexible work hours so you are there for other people and free to plan the day how you like.

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Work on a product you use every day: we drink our own wine.

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Focused on results, not on long hours, so that you can have a life and don't burn out.

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